This is a Vacation?

So a month ago, the hubby asked me to take a four day vacation from work this week for a trip to Spokane. A week ago, he changed his mind. Now I'm at home, "on vacation" and so far, it has been a trip of its own.

Thursday was a crazy day of not enough computer lab time for the class work given in both of my classes. So yesterday, I had to stay after my Geosystems class to finish my ArcGIS Map lab and finish Tuesday's CAD homework. In the middle of my last CAD model, I get a phone call from Tay saying the youngest had called the cops on her while they were home alone, because they were fighting over her new phone. This was the absolute last straw as they had been fighting constantly since she got the phone for her birthday last week.

Luckilly, we live in a small town, and the sheriff balled him out for calling over a sibling fight. He also proceeded to tell him a story about how his sister had broke his nose when they were kids. I will have to drop off some Kettle Chips at the Public Safety Center this week as an apology from us. As for the kids, knowing my daughter probably instigated whatever he did to her phone (as she finally admitted later), we grounded both of them for two weeks. She also lost her brand new phone for a month, and the youngest lost his GoPhone for a month. Bummer Dude, but that's how I play.

I also got some sad news from the local news yesterday that Joe's is going out of business. Does anyone else know how hard it is to find Lady Carharts for women under 5 foot 10?! Not every chic that works outside looks like Brunhilda. Joe's had so many sizes of women's outdoor clothing for work and play, and they offered them at decent prices. Now I'm stuck with trying to find a small size of ugly work clothes at the Co-op, or over-paying exhorbantly at R.E.I., Cabella's or Eddie Bauer.

My 50 Daffodils I planted last fall are all finally blooming today, but it's pouring down rain, and not a good photo opportunity. I'm hoping we get some sunbreaks soon, so I can get a good shot for my Sustainable Design portfolio. For those of you on the East Coast, sunbreaks are Pacific Northwest speak for, "look, the sun came out of the rain clouds for 5 minutes! Quick everyone outside!"

Here's to a better ending for my vacation.